Support a Refugee Family - IRC with Amnesty SF
Tax deductible
Please join us in welcoming a newly arrived refugee family to the Bay Area by helping us reach our fundraising goal of $5,000. Your donation will help support families as they rebuild their lives here in Bay Area, California.
Amnesty International Group 30 (San Francisco chapter) is taking part in the International Rescue Committee's HOME Volunteer program. The HOME program provides a short-term housing subsidy and mentorship to a government-approved refugee family settling in the Bay Area. Our team will help a refugee family (most likely from Afghanistan and Eritrea) with a housing stipend, initial home setup, and help with adjusting to life in the United States and the Bay Area. The federal government provides the same amount of funding for refugees resettling in the U.S., regardless of the location, and unfortunately the amount is insufficient to cover deposit and housing.
EVERY DOLLAR DONATED will go to supporting the family and their efforts to be settled into our community. Thank you for your support as we take on this endeavor!
Read about how IRC helped resettle Torbertha Torbor and her family from Liberia. She studied at UC Berkeley, and is now a nurse practitioner in Oakland serving underserved populations, and is one of the thousands of refugees and immigrants working on the frontlines battling the coronavirus.
Since 1975, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has led the way in assisting brave individuals and families rebuild their lives here in our communities. Each year, thousands of people, forced to flee violence and persecution, are welcomed by the people of the United States . These individuals have survived against incredible odds.The International Rescue Committee responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933, the IRC is at work in 40+ countries and 28 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities.
Amnesty International's Group 30 is a community-based group of Bay Area human rights defenders focused on advancing the principles of Amnesty International worldwide. Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 7 million people who take injustice personally. Amnesty is campaigning for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all through investigating and exposing facts, whenever and wherever abuses happen; lobby governments, and other powerful groups such as companies and making sure they keep their promises and respect international law; telling the powerful stories of the people Amnesty works with, and mobilizing millions of supporters around the world to campaign for change and to stand in defense of activists on the frontline; and supporting people to claim their rights through education and training.
Amnesty International Group 30 (San Francisco chapter) is taking part in the International Rescue Committee's HOME Volunteer program. The HOME program provides a short-term housing subsidy and mentorship to a government-approved refugee family settling in the Bay Area. Our team will help a refugee family (most likely from Afghanistan and Eritrea) with a housing stipend, initial home setup, and help with adjusting to life in the United States and the Bay Area. The federal government provides the same amount of funding for refugees resettling in the U.S., regardless of the location, and unfortunately the amount is insufficient to cover deposit and housing.
EVERY DOLLAR DONATED will go to supporting the family and their efforts to be settled into our community. Thank you for your support as we take on this endeavor!
Read about how IRC helped resettle Torbertha Torbor and her family from Liberia. She studied at UC Berkeley, and is now a nurse practitioner in Oakland serving underserved populations, and is one of the thousands of refugees and immigrants working on the frontlines battling the coronavirus.
Since 1975, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has led the way in assisting brave individuals and families rebuild their lives here in our communities. Each year, thousands of people, forced to flee violence and persecution, are welcomed by the people of the United States . These individuals have survived against incredible odds.The International Rescue Committee responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933, the IRC is at work in 40+ countries and 28 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities.
Amnesty International's Group 30 is a community-based group of Bay Area human rights defenders focused on advancing the principles of Amnesty International worldwide. Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 7 million people who take injustice personally. Amnesty is campaigning for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all through investigating and exposing facts, whenever and wherever abuses happen; lobby governments, and other powerful groups such as companies and making sure they keep their promises and respect international law; telling the powerful stories of the people Amnesty works with, and mobilizing millions of supporters around the world to campaign for change and to stand in defense of activists on the frontline; and supporting people to claim their rights through education and training.
Co-organizers (5)
Dawn Kwan
Organizer
San Francisco, CA
International Rescue Committee
Beneficiary
Barbara Cannella
Co-organizer
Ronald Albert
Co-organizer
Gavrilah Wells
Co-organizer
Adrienne Leon
Co-organizer